Background
Lucas Ayllon de Vasquez was born circa 1475 in Toledo, Spain.
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(This manuscript tells of the hunt for the Capitana, one o...)
This manuscript tells of the hunt for the Capitana, one of the first Spanish ships lost on the Carolina Coast.
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Lucas Ayllon de Vasquez was born circa 1475 in Toledo, Spain.
He accompanied Nicolas Ovando to Hispaniola (Santo Domingo) in 1502, and there became a magistrate of La Concepcion and oirginiather towns, and a member of the superior court of Hispaniola.
He engaged with great profit in various commercial enterprises, became interested in a plan for the extension of the Spanish settlements to the North American mainland, and in 1521 sent Francisco Gordillo on an exploring expedition which touched on the coast of the Florida peninsula and coasted for some distance northward.
He touched at several places along the coast, at one time stopping long enough to replace a wrecked ship with a new one, this being considered the first instance of shipbuilding on the North American Continent.
In 1526 he sailed with three ships and about 500 settlers, landing probably in North Carolina.
The exact location of this town is in dispute, some writers holding that it was on the exact spot upon which Jamestown, Virginia, was later built; more probably, however, as Lowery contends, it was near the mouth of the Pedee river.
The employment of negro slaves here was undoubtedly the first instance of the sort in what later became the United States.
After the death of their leader dissensions broke out among the colonists, some of the slaves rebelled and escaped into the forest, and in December the town was abandoned and the remnant of the colonists embarked for Hispaniola, less than 150 arriving in safety.
In 1526 he established the short-lived San Miguel de Gualdape colony, the first European attempt at a settlement in what is now the continental United States. Ayllón's account of the region inspired a number of later attempts by the Spanish and French governments to colonize the southeastern United States.
(This manuscript tells of the hunt for the Capitana, one o...)
Ayllón was a member of the Real Audiencia in Santo Domingo and
a member of the superior court of Hispaniola.
